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  1. 📺 Formally setting up my Sony Trinitron TV stand w/ my 8-Bit systems at the new house. I'll post pics when it's done.

    1. RickR

      RickR

      I can't wait to see it! 

      Let's see that wiring.  I'm always interested to see how others set up their gaming systems.  Example, here's the RF switchbox I've been using.  It does a nice job, but I sure do have a lot less RF systems than I used to.  Only two at the moment.  At one point, it was maxed out.  But a lot of systems sold, some of them had the composite mod, and now...only two. 

       

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    2. Justin

      Justin

      Here you go 🙂

       

  2. 🥤 I’ve had two Red Bulls this morning and now my Christmas decorations are up and ready

  3. 🤔 I wonder who the first company will be that creates a mobile app for hiring private security in 24 hours or less

  4. 🏛️ pronouncing 'popsicles' like an ancient Greek name

  5. 🎬 Watching CINEMA PARADISO (1988)

  6. 🤖 Thinking of Grant Imahara and his extended family tonight

    1. GRay Defender

      GRay Defender

      Yes, very tragic, and shows that live can be short and we are not promised tomorrow.

  7. Glad I'm not dealing with what Jack Dorsey is dealing with today.

    1. RickR

      RickR

      It makes me think there may have been an inside connection to get access to so many high-profile accounts. 

       

  8. 🌚 NEW 2600 Moon Patrol High Score Squad Challenge is up!! 

     

  9. 🥊💥 Alex Kidd in Miracle World High Score Squad Challenge is up! 

     

  10. 🤯 PS5 looks like a 2050 maxi pad dispenser. Disappointing!

    1. RickR

      RickR

      You know, I think it looks a lot better in the horizontal position.

       

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  11. 🚀 Astrosmash / Astroblast Double Feature is UP!! 

     

  12. 📞 One Friday night as a young man I prank called Jack Tramiel. Had him on the phone for 3 mins. Not my proudest moment, but I should tell that story sometime.

    1. RickR

      RickR

      Did you ask about the SwordQuest sword over his mantle?

       

  13. 🕹️ We're a champion of original Atari games because we genuinely like these games. We love these games for what they are the way we love Drive-In B-movies

  14. 🖖 Science fiction has always been the frontier for legitimate future predictions. Technology is what changes us more than anything else. Imagining what could be created, and what the effects are on culture and behavior, thats where genuine insight is found.

  15. 🏆 BIG THANKS to @RickR who generously donated a pile of unused Combat cartridges to the site for use on future projects.

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    2. RickR

      RickR

      Yes.  There's also some SNES and Atari 8-bit. 

       

    3. Justin

      Justin

      Sounds good Rick! If you'd like to set aside the Atari manufactured ones I would be grateful. 

    4. Atari 5200 Guy

      Atari 5200 Guy

      I'd give the SNES non working games a home.  What games are they?

  16. 🎧 Currently listening to Pet Shop Boys - West End Girls (New Lockdown Version) 

     

  17. 💎 Desert Falcon High Score Squad Challenge is up! 

     

    1. Justin

      Justin

      That's great news @BlackCatz40 I hope you do!

  18. 💀 Why does Skeletor have muscles?

  19. Get ready! We have Squad Challenges coming up for Atari 7800 and TurboGrafx-16

    1. RickR

      RickR

      Sweet!  Looking forward to it. 

      I see a lot of TG-16-Mini reviews on YouTube, so hopefully we'll get a nice turnout for that system. 

       

  20. 🕹️ HAPPY ATARI DAY!! 🎉

  21. 🍄 I think the Mario character looks better in the 2600 version than in the NES. He's bigger, he has more detail. It's a less iconic sprite but he's big and has a larger Bonk-esq head.

  22. 🤔 Bruce Willis did that gimp wrong. It’s not like it was Neverland.

  23. 🎈 Working hard to keep the timeline positive lately. Lots of people feeling uncertain, Atari I/O will always be a positive place to escape to

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    2. Gianna

      Gianna

      Nice job Justin 🙂 I love that we always try to keep Atari I/O a positive place to escape to. ☺️

    3. Justin

      Justin

      @RickR just saw it! Looks amazing! I'm glad you think of this as a safe haven.

    4. Justin

      Justin

      @Gianna thank you! Keeping things positive is the only way a place like this can thrive.

  24. “We’ll be best friends forever, wont we, Luigi?” The greatest stories always begin with humble beginnings. This is one of the most prized items from my collection. All great adventures have to begin somewhere.

    Mario & Luigi started their adventures together here in these socketed EPROMS. Not many people in this world get to say they have a “prototype Mario” anything, for any system. How do I even have this? It should be in the Smithsonian. I count myself among the very fortunate few to have something this special, where it all began.

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  25. 🕹 Quarantine’s had me watching a lot of @btbfilms76 on YouTube and finding new reasons to appreciate the Atari 7800. At its heart is the soul of the 2600 and so much untapped potential. 

    It’s a shame the people who bought Atari just as the 7800 was about to be released didn’t see it as a priority or invest in further development of the system and develop games that would push the boundaries of what this insane machine could really do. 

    Releasing an updated system bundle by 1987 also would’ve helped, something that included two of the 7800’s D-Pad Controllers, the light gun, and an exciting game or two that would really make Atari shine in the minds of gamers everywhere.

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